Data Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Management over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 162 146 128
Rank change year-on-year -16 -18 +127
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 1,177 3,151 3,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.17% 2.51% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.62% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 836 1,694 1,924
10th Percentile £39,634 £39,825 £36,975
25th Percentile £49,788 £50,000 £46,477
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £58,454 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.51% +11.34% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Management.

Salary trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2023. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -6 1,035 £67,500 - 638
Work from Home +15 580 £65,000 -7.14% 267
UK excluding London -35 549 £58,750 +0.51% 367
London +19 507 £72,500 -3.33% 306
South East -4 144 £57,500 -14.81% 114
North of England -32 139 £55,000 -2.58% 90
Midlands +23 104 £63,750 +6.25% 63
North West +18 81 £59,250 +5.04% 46
West Midlands +8 67 £65,000 +8.33% 38
South West +33 63 £60,249 +18.03% 32
Scotland -16 49 £60,000 +9.09% 28
Yorkshire -34 48 £55,000 -13.73% 37
East Midlands +45 37 £62,500 +13.64% 25
East of England +31 29 £57,500 +2.86% 35
Wales -12 19 £43,000 +7.50% 9
North East +26 10 £50,000 -28.57% 9
Northern Ireland +35 2 £25,250 -34.89% 2

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 58 (4.93%) SAS
2 27 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.19%) Confluence
5 12 (1.02%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.59%) Apache
8 5 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
9 4 (0.34%) CMS
9 4 (0.34%) JBoss
9 4 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.34%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.25%) MS Exchange
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.17%) WordPress
12 1 (0.085%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.085%) Luigi
12 1 (0.085%) OpenStack
Applications
1 113 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (3.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.68%) InDesign
4 8 (0.68%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.34%) SPSS
7 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.17%) SketchUp
9 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.085%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.51%) iTrent
5 4 (0.34%) HFM
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.17%) Demantra
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ASCP
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.17%) SAP FI-GL
8 1 (0.085%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.085%) Primavera
8 1 (0.085%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.085%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.085%) Summit
8 1 (0.085%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 281 (23.87%) Azure
2 214 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 168 (14.27%) AWS
4 118 (10.03%) GCP
5 60 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
6 51 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
7 44 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
8 37 (3.14%) Snowflake
9 33 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 29 (2.46%) SaaS
11 24 (2.04%) GitHub
12 20 (1.70%) Collibra
13 18 (1.53%) PaaS
14 15 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.19%) dbt
16 13 (1.10%) IaaS
17 12 (1.02%) Google Analytics
17 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
18 10 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.10%) Firewall
2 8 (0.68%) SAN
3 7 (0.59%) DHCP
3 7 (0.59%) DNS
4 6 (0.51%) Network Security
5 5 (0.42%) NAS
5 5 (0.42%) WAN
6 4 (0.34%) Intranet
6 4 (0.34%) Wireless
7 3 (0.25%) FTP
7 3 (0.25%) LAN
7 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.25%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.17%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.17%) OSPF
8 2 (0.17%) WLAN
9 1 (0.085%) HTTP
9 1 (0.085%) Internet
9 1 (0.085%) SMTP
9 1 (0.085%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (17.42%) Power BI
2 186 (15.80%) Data Warehouse
3 164 (13.93%) Metadata
4 108 (9.18%) SQL Server
5 97 (8.24%) Data Lake
6 84 (7.14%) Tableau
7 63 (5.35%) Big Data
8 50 (4.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 48 (4.08%) Base SAS
10 47 (3.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 42 (3.57%) Relational Database
12 31 (2.63%) NoSQL
13 28 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 23 (1.95%) BigQuery
15 21 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
16 19 (1.61%) Hadoop
17 16 (1.36%) Metadata Repository
17 16 (1.36%) Tick Data
18 15 (1.27%) GIS
18 15 (1.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 36 (3.06%) JIRA
2 28 (2.38%) Git
3 22 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.27%) ERwin
5 11 (0.93%) Spinnaker
6 10 (0.85%) Xcode
7 7 (0.59%) Android Studio
7 7 (0.59%) Gradle
8 6 (0.51%) GCC
8 6 (0.51%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.42%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.42%) Selenium
10 4 (0.34%) Gatling
10 4 (0.34%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.34%) JMeter
10 4 (0.34%) MSTest
10 4 (0.34%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.25%) GitLab
11 3 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
General
1 400 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 357 (30.33%) Finance
3 149 (12.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
5 125 (10.62%) Banking
6 58 (4.93%) Legal
7 53 (4.50%) Pharmaceutical
8 50 (4.25%) Public Sector
9 49 (4.16%) Retail
10 45 (3.82%) Law
11 43 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (3.48%) Marketing
13 37 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.46%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.78%) Advertising
16 18 (1.53%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
18 14 (1.19%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.19%) Publishing
19 13 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 170 (14.44%) Analyst
2 151 (12.83%) Architect
3 114 (9.69%) Senior
4 110 (9.35%) Data Analyst
5 107 (9.09%) Data Manager
6 104 (8.84%) Developer
7 102 (8.67%) Lead
8 101 (8.58%) Data Engineer
9 95 (8.07%) Data Architect
10 58 (4.93%) Consultant
11 40 (3.40%) Data Consultant
12 33 (2.80%) Enterprise Architect
13 32 (2.72%) Python Developer
13 32 (2.72%) Systems Manager
14 31 (2.63%) Principal Statistical Programmer
14 31 (2.63%) Programmer
14 31 (2.63%) SAS Programmer
14 31 (2.63%) SAS Statistical Programmer
14 31 (2.63%) Statistical Programmer
15 29 (2.46%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.74%) XML
2 38 (3.23%) Kafka
3 32 (2.72%) .NET
4 23 (1.95%) REST
5 22 (1.87%) Middleware
6 21 (1.78%) JSON
7 16 (1.36%) HTML
8 13 (1.10%) CSS
9 12 (1.02%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.93%) AngularJS
10 11 (0.93%) Pandas
10 11 (0.93%) RESTful
11 10 (0.85%) iOS SDK
11 10 (0.85%) NumPy
12 9 (0.76%) MDX
13 8 (0.68%) Node.js
13 8 (0.68%) OpenID
13 8 (0.68%) STL
14 7 (0.59%) EDI
15 6 (0.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.88%) Management Information System
2 76 (6.46%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (4.42%) Data Structures
5 51 (4.33%) Life Science
6 33 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 31 (2.63%) Taxonomies
8 30 (2.55%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.87%) Public Cloud
11 21 (1.78%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.70%) Cloud Native
12 20 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.44%) Reference Data
14 13 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.10%) Hedge funds
14 13 (1.10%) Mainframe
15 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.76%) Private Cloud
17 8 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.67%) Linux
2 48 (4.08%) Windows
3 23 (1.95%) Unix
4 19 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.36%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.10%) Android
7 11 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.76%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.085%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (26.76%) Agile
2 312 (26.51%) Analytics
3 311 (26.42%) Data Modelling
4 295 (25.06%) Business Intelligence
5 282 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
6 218 (18.52%) Data Governance
7 198 (16.82%) ETL
8 190 (16.14%) Data Architecture
9 184 (15.63%) Roadmaps
10 182 (15.46%) Decision-Making
11 172 (14.61%) Data Analysis
12 169 (14.36%) Data Strategy
13 159 (13.51%) Visualisation
14 140 (11.89%) Migration
15 139 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
16 132 (11.21%) Data Engineering
16 132 (11.21%) Data Integration
17 124 (10.54%) DevOps
18 117 (9.94%) Computer Science
19 114 (9.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 320 (27.19%) SQL
2 191 (16.23%) Python
3 48 (4.08%) SAS Macro
4 47 (3.99%) Java
5 46 (3.91%) C#
6 42 (3.57%) PowerShell
7 35 (2.97%) JavaScript
8 32 (2.72%) R
8 32 (2.72%) T-SQL
9 26 (2.21%) C++
10 19 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 17 (1.44%) Bash
12 13 (1.10%) C
13 11 (0.93%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.85%) Objective-C
14 10 (0.85%) Swift
14 10 (0.85%) VBA
15 9 (0.76%) PHP
15 9 (0.76%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 210 (17.84%) Degree
2 68 (5.78%) Security Cleared
3 58 (4.93%) SC Cleared
4 43 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 31 (2.63%) Numerate Degree
7 19 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.36%) CISSP
9 15 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 11 (0.93%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (0.76%) CCSP
13 9 (0.76%) MCSA
14 7 (0.59%) PhD
15 6 (0.51%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.51%) MCSE
15 6 (0.51%) OCP
15 6 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (20.22%) Data Quality
2 99 (8.41%) QA
3 89 (7.56%) GDPR
4 48 (4.08%) CDISC
5 20 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.02%) NIST
8 10 (0.85%) Def Stans
9 8 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.68%) PMO
10 7 (0.59%) GRC
10 7 (0.59%) SLA
11 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.25%) COBIT
14 2 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.085%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.085%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.085%) NIST 800
System Software
1 30 (2.55%) Docker
2 28 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.42%) HDFS
3 5 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.34%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.17%) NFS
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.085%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.085%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (2.97%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.78%) Terraform
3 18 (1.53%) Ansible
4 7 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (0.51%) Demisto
6 5 (0.42%) Oozie
6 5 (0.42%) Puppet
6 5 (0.42%) SELinux
7 4 (0.34%) NetBackup
7 4 (0.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.25%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.085%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.085%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.085%) Mesos
10 1 (0.085%) SCCM
10 1 (0.085%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 264 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.27%) Informatica
3 61 (5.18%) Oracle
4 60 (5.10%) Google
5 57 (4.84%) Salesforce
6 53 (4.50%) SAP
7 45 (3.82%) Databricks
8 29 (2.46%) Talend
9 26 (2.21%) IBM
10 21 (1.78%) Splunk
11 18 (1.53%) HubSpot
12 12 (1.02%) Alteryx
12 12 (1.02%) ServiceNow
13 11 (0.93%) Adobe
13 11 (0.93%) Red Hat
14 9 (0.76%) AppDynamics
14 9 (0.76%) Confluent
14 9 (0.76%) New Relic
15 7 (0.59%) MuleSoft
15 7 (0.59%) Workday